Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-29
MI e DICA l. In II A l. A II 1 q N
Combined with Constitutional Remedies.

OUR TREATMENT OF THE DISEASES
" of the respiratory passages consists In
its direct effects on the diseased organs;
and, at the same time, adopting such hy.
gieGic measures and Administering sue
medicines by the stomach as will mos =
the tSe'only nefvoDs Dsfy system aud bald u" and
strengthen the general CONSTITUTE In
other W rds. we employ combii u local
and general treatment.
What is Medicaal Inhalati Before
stating briefly what Med inhalation
Is, we propose, in as few " as as possible,
TO state clearly what 1t is
Medical Inhalation A. rot cure-all. a
nostrum, or pa9ace 1t is not . a specinSc e
medic me, or advc cd to cure any or all
the ills that flesh heir to, an / intended to
fill the pockets its proprietors 1t Is no
a talisman, possession insures health
to its pnss without the intervention OF
sense or ogment. Medical Inhalation is
none OF these things.
Medical Inhalation is simply and solely a
meth u: of taking medicines by inhaling or
swallowing them into the stomach. BY In:
halati0n, the proper medicines are applied
directly to the seat of the disease, In the
nose. throat or lungs; and 1t Is clear to
every reasoning person how peculiarly ap.
the organs named. If you have scalded or
bu med the surface of the body, or wounded
any limb or member, you do not swallow
the remedy intended to heal the disor-
ganized tissue. On the contrary, you apply
1t directly to the seat of the wound or in
Jury Why. then, when suffering from ca
tar b of the nasal pat sages or throat, or al.
flicted wi h ulceratiO,i OF the lungs, should
YOU rely on medicines taken into the
Medical Inhalation not only applies the
proper healing remedies to the seat OF the
disease, but 1t applies the remedy IN the
gaseous or vaporous Term, IN Wnlch form
fully How much greater. for example. Is
the effect of a drachm OF chloroform, when
Inhaled or breathed, than many times the
quantity when swallowed into the stomach;
of maby other substances BY inhalation
the medicine is not poured into the stomach
and thence sent wandering through the
system in search of malady which may be
mainly or entirely local one; but by this
method the proper remedy is applied di-
reclly to the diseased organ. VINO, after
studyi g the anotomy OF the lungs can
doubt that Inflammation ana uiceratlon OF
the air-tubes and sir-cells, the direcs appli-
cation of the healing medicine by inhala
ton to the disess sed p rts is the correct and
rational method of treatment? Who, on
the other hand, can be so irrational as to
believe that the proper sna oifect nt NV way 70
passages in this case. Is by the way OF the
stomach? Physiology teaches us that the
membrane. o. skin, lining the air passages
of the nose, throat and lungs, Is only
slightly modified form of the same .tructure
as that which covers the external surface
of the body. Why, then, should local treat
ment he proper and necessary for in1am
nations, COngestiOns and ulceralons OF the
one and not be equally SO In the case OF the
other?
Our experience and success In treating
diseases Of the nose. throat and lungs. de-
moDstrates, beyond all question, that the
true scientific treatment OF these diseases is
effects of medical inhalation with the con
stitutionsl effects of systematic remedies,
given in the usual way by the stomach
One or both methods must be adopted as
the circu instances demand, and such RENE
dies must be employed as the exper ence
and Judgment of the physician have proved
to be proper in each particular case.
MeeicaI Advocates of Inhalation.
Physicians who were educated twenty
wears ago or more, and who have not Kept
up with the times in the advance IN meol-
cal science, have very little idea OF the great
importance all Leading writers now give 70
Medical Inhalation in the treatment OF pull
monary diseases. To such an extent Is this
true that no patient should iptrust his Cast
to auy physician who is not well prepared
and tn roughly equipped with everything
proper remedies by the method OF inhaia-
The numerous cures effected by inhala,
lation in cases seemingly past all help, ana
the uniform success attending Its us, In
diseases Of the respiratory organs, rende s
it OBJ igatory on every honest physician 70
at once apply himself to gain practlcai
knowledge Of the Inhalation, or, II that Is
not possible, he is at least bound to decline
to treat such cases.
Among the most eminent physicians. of
the age VIII" are fully awakened to the value
of Medical Inhalation in these diseases are
the following:
DR.. La Roche, of the Paris Academy OF
Medicine; Dr. Frederick Langhsus, OF Bar-
lin; Drs. Klebs and T0mmasi-Cruhelt; Sir
Archibald Dickson, OF Edinburgh, Scotland
Prot. Albert Lehert, the celebrated Dr.
Hughlings Jackson the venerable Or. Rob-
ert Dick inson. Prof. Thierfelder. Spencer
Wells. DR.. Hilton Flagge, DR.. G. p. Wood,
Ri FSh sma 'f Dr. DF R. fs'nss p
Drs. Anstie. Ball, Fuller. Lancereaux,
Krauss, Huguenie, Heller, Orth, Corrigan,
Fenwick, and many others.
With scarcely single exception every
medical authority of eminence recognizes
the wonderful potency of this new methud,
and the coming generation of physicians
are certain to be thoroughly educated
therein. At present it is only few physi
clans here aud there who have made "Dis-
eases of Respiration" life study th t are
fitted in any way to employ the wonderful
resources of Medical Inhalation in the cure
OF these diseases.
The Durability OF Consumption.
For Ave years the celebrated DR.. I. H
Bennet waa pathologist to the X yal 1n-
Urinary OF Edinburgh, and in his great
work on Consumption" he makes the fol-
lowing statement:
During This period made upwards of
1000 post. .mortem examinations of persons
dying from various diseases, and was
COZ stantly meeting with cases in which
iound cavities in the lungs from consump.
cicatriz ed years before the death of the
subject. Nature did not seem to have been
successful in restoring the wasted lung
substance. but the cavities were dried up,
the progress of the disease arrested, and
the subject lived for years, with diminished
lung power it is true, but otherwise In good
health" 5-..